From Middle Welsh gwaret, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreteti (“to help”) (compare Old Irish fo·reith), a calque of Latin succurrō.
gwared m (plural gwaredau)
gwared (first-person singular present gwaredaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwaredaf | gwaredi | gweryd, gwareda | gwaredwn | gwaredwch | gwaredant | gwaredir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwaredwn | gwaredit | gwaredai | gwaredem | gwaredech | gwaredent | gwaredid | |
preterite | gwaredais | gwaredaist | gwaredodd | gwaredasom | gwaredasoch | gwaredasant | gwaredwyd | |
pluperfect | gwaredaswn | gwaredasit | gwaredasai | gwaredasem | gwaredasech | gwaredasent | gwaredasid, gwaredesid | |
present subjunctive | gwaredwyf | gwaredych | gwaredo | gwaredom | gwaredoch | gwaredont | gwareder | |
imperative | — | gwareda, gwareda | gwareded | gwaredwn | gwaredwch | gwaredent | gwareder | |
verbal noun | gwared | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gwarededig gwaredadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwareda i, gwaredaf i | gwaredi di | gwaredith o/e/hi, gwarediff e/hi | gwaredwn ni | gwaredwch chi | gwaredan nhw |
conditional | gwaredwn i, gwaredswn i | gwaredet ti, gwaredset ti | gwaredai fo/fe/hi, gwaredsai fo/fe/hi | gwareden ni, gwaredsen ni | gwaredech chi, gwaredsech chi | gwareden nhw, gwaredsen nhw |
preterite | gwaredais i, gwaredes i | gwaredaist ti, gwaredest ti | gwaredodd o/e/hi | gwaredon ni | gwaredoch chi | gwaredon nhw |
imperative | — | gwareda | — | — | gwaredwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |